Opinion
1:23-cv-00077-DAE
04-30-2024
HK BAUGH RANCH, LLC, Plaintiff v. CRYSTAL CLEAR SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT, REGINA FRANKE, MIKE COX, DONALD BOSWORTH, ALLEN POOLEY, NICK REININGER, JACK CARSON, LOUIS UPTON, and ERNEST HARTMAN, JR., Defendants
ORDER
SUSAN HIGHTOWER, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Now before the Court are Plaintiff HK Baugh's Motion to Compel Production of Documents (Dkt. 33) and Motion to Compel Production of Documents from Non-Party M&S Engineering (Dkt. 34), both filed April 3, 2024, and the associated response and reply briefs. On this date, the Court held a hearing on the motions at which counsel for the parties and M&S were present.
By Text Orders entered April 4, 2024, the District Court referred the Motions to this Magistrate Judge for disposition, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A), Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72, and Rule 1(c) of the Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
For the reasons stated from the bench during the hearing:
• Plaintiff HK Baugh's Motion to Compel Production of Documents (Dkt. 33) is GRANTED IN PART as to the three additional spreadsheets identified by the parties responsive to Request for Production No. 9 and otherwise DENIED.
• Plaintiff HK Baugh's Motion to Compel Production of Documents from Non-Party M&S Engineering (Dkt. 34) is DENIED.
It is ORDERED that the Clerk shall remove this case from this Magistrate Judge's docket and return it to the docket of the Honorable David A. Ezra.